George Conger

Topic: American Indians in Idaho Unit��

Grade: 3-5 Social Studies

Suggested Lesson Duration: 2 – 4 weeks

Unit Plan Activities

1. Read Native American Tribes in Idaho (The Idaho Adventure –pp 50-59 or other similar text). The Idaho Adventure (Student Edition) ISBN: 978-1-58685-800-1. To order a free sample go to the following website:http://education.gibbs-smith.com/client/client_pages/samplerequest.cfm?reviewTitle=Idaho%20Adventure,%20The%20Student%20Edition&reviewSKU=58001

2. Students choose one of the five tribes to create a cultural materials poster (rubric).

3. Students will write a multi-paragraph research report on one of the five tribes, discussing their cultural materials and make at least one comparison to how Idaho American Indian life today differs from their life many years ago (rubric).

4. Use a coordinate grid to locate the Nez Perce Indian Reservation. 5. Use primary sources (photographs) to compare and contrast Nez Perce and

Shoshone cradleboards. 6. Play the Nez Perce stick game.

http://www.nps.gov/history/museum/tmc/NEPE/StickGame/StickGame.pdf

Essential Questions (developed from the 4th Grade Idaho Content Standards)

1. What are the five federally recognized tribes in Idaho? 2. Are there other tribes in Idaho? 3. What are characteristics of American Indian tribes in Idaho? 4. How does Idaho American Indian life today differ from the life of these same

groups many years ago? 5. How did American Indian tribes in Idaho govern themselves? 6. What were American Indian cultural materials and their use in everyday life?

IDAHO CONTENT STANDARDS Grade 3

3.SS.1.1.3 Compare different cultural groups in the community, including their distinctive foods, clothing styles, and traditions.

3.SS.1.1.4 Identify and describe ways families, groups, tribes and communities influence the individual’s daily life and personal choices.

Grade 4

4.SS.1.2.4 Analyze and describe how the westward expansion impacted the American Indians in Idaho. 4.SS.1.3.1 Identify American Indian tribes in Idaho: Coeur d’Alene, Kootenai, Shoshone-Bannock, Nez

Perce, and Shoshone-Paiute Tribes and current reservation boundaries. 4.SS.1.3.2 Discuss that although there are five federally recognized tribes in Idaho, there are many others

in the state. 4.SS.1.3.3 Identify characteristics of American Indian tribes and other cultural groups in Idaho. 4.SS.1.3.4 Compare and contrast how Idaho American Indian life today differs from the life of these

same groups many years ago. 4.SS.1.3.5 Identify how American Indian tribes in Idaho governed themselves. 4.SS.1.3.6 Describe American Indian cultural materials and their use in everyday life. 4.SS.1.3.7 Identify current issues related to American Indians in present day Idaho. 4.LA.1.8.3 Use words and concepts necessary for comprehending math, science, social studies, literature

and other Grade 4 content area text. 4.LA.2.1.2 Identify cause and effect relationships in text by responding to “why”, “how”, and “what if”

questions. 4.LA.2.1.3 Draw conclusions based on information gathered from text. 4.LA.5.3/5.4 Use simple and complex sentences. Correctly punctuate.

Grade 5

5.SS.1.1.1 Describe the interactions between European colonists and established societies in North America.

5.SS.1.2.4 Discuss the significant American Indian groups encountered in western expansion. 5.SS.1.3.1 Discuss that American Indians were the first inhabitants of the United States. 5.SS.1.3.2 Identify examples of American Indian individual contributions and influences.

Unit Plan: Activity 2 American Indian Cultural Materials Poster and Report Project

1. Identify American Indian tribes in Idaho: Coeur d’Alene, Kootenai, Shoshone-Bannock, Nez Perce, and Shoshone-Paiute Tribes and current reservation boundaries.

2. What are characteristics of American Indian tribes in Idaho?

3. What were American Indian cultural materials and their use in everyday life?

4. Compare and contrast how Idaho American Indian life today differs from the life of these same groups many years ago.

Poster Rubric

4 3 2 1

Three Needs – Shelter, Food, Clothing, Technology

Poster is complete with 3 needs. All pictures include several examples, are colored, labeled and spelled correctly

Poster is complete with 3 needs. Most pictures are colored, labeled and spelled correctly

Poster is complete with 2 needs. Most pictures are labeled and spelled correctly

Poster is incomplete

Idaho Map Poster has state boundary & 5 tribal areas and reservations colored

Poster has state boundary & specific tribal area and reservation area located

Poster has state boundary & tribal area or reservation area located

Poster is incomplete

Boundary areas are measured and decorated

Poster boundary areas are measured correctly, decorated and colored with meaningful symbols

Poster boundary areas are measured, decorated and colored with symbols

Poster boundary areas are decorated

Poster is incomplete

Name and Date Included the first time

Name or date included

Poster is incomplete

Unit Plan: Activity 3 Report Rubric

4 3 2 1

Paragraph Report is complete with introduction and conclusion paragraphs, more than 3 paragraphs about cultural materials, and 1 compare/contrast paragraph

Report is complete with introduction and conclusion paragraphs, 3 paragraphs about cultural materials, and 1 compare/contrast paragraph

Report is complete with introduction and conclusion paragraphs, less than 3 paragraphs about cultural materials

Report is incomplete

Grammar and Spelling

Report uses correct grammar and spelling

Report mostly uses correct grammar and spelling

Report has many grammar and spelling errors

Report is incomplete

Compare and Contrast

Report includes a compare and contrast paragraph about how Idaho American Indian life today differs from the life years ago

Report includes a compare and contrast paragraph about Idaho American Indian life

Report includes a compare and contrast paragraph

Poster is incomplete

Name and Date

Included the first time

Name or date included

Poster is incomplete

Unit Plan: Activity 4

The following maps are included to provide perspective on Native America reservations as compared to the Nez Perce Reservation. You may wish to show them to you students.

Unit Plan: Activity 5

Native American Life – Primary Sources/Photographs Learning Objectives

After completing the lesson activities, students will be able to: x Identify and discuss two of Idaho’s five main Indian tribes. x Understand that photographs are primary sources of information. x Use photographs to identify characteristics of Indian life. x Compare and contrast information.

Materials

x Photographs – The Shoshoni Indians, Idaho Historical Society Picture Series Number 3 x Photographs – The Nez Perce Indians, Idaho Historical Society Picture Series Number 1 x Question worksheet

Learning Activities

x Students have previously been introduced to observing photographs one quadrant at a time. x Teacher provides overview and directions. x Working in small groups, students will use resources provided to research and provide written

answers on the question worksheet. Assessment

Students will complete a question worksheet adapted from the National Archives and Records Administration. Students will be graded according to the attached rubric.

Rubric

4 3 2 1

Photo Analysis Worksheet

The worksheet was answered thoroughly with a capital letter and the correct punctuation mark.

The worksheet was briefly answered, or without a complete sentence

Most of the questions were answered, but not very thoroughly.

Incomplete worksheet.

Teacher information to present in lesson introduction

Researchers use primary sources to get the best information. Secondary sources are not as good. Primary sources are evidence left behind by participants or observers. Examples of primary sources are:

x Diaries, journals, interviews, speeches, and letters in which individuals describe events in which they participated or observed.

x Autobiographies. x Photos and movies that document what happened. x Artifacts.

Photo Analysis Worksheet

Study the Nez Perce and Shoshone cradleboards. Complete the table below. Compare

(How are they the same?) Contrast

(How are they different?)

Which photograph most excites your interest? Why?

Nez Perce baby, 1911.

Shoshone baby, modern.